95th Rifles Regimental Pattern Sabre 1803-1821

Peninsular War - War of 1812 -
Waterloo

Limited
Quantities. ONLY available here.

Sword (including
Scabbard):

$229.00 US

($268.00 CAD)

Item Code: SWD095

Finally
we have reproduced the regimental sword of the famous 95th Rifles!
Ever since Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Rifles novels became famous,
clients have been asking for us to make this sabre. Designed after the
original in the National Army Museum (London), this regimental pattern sword
was adopted sometime after 1803 and would have been used by the 95th Rifles
throughout its adventures in the Iberian Peninsula, and at the Battle of
Waterloo.

A number of Light Infantry
Regiments (examples: the King's German Legion, Glengarry Light Infantry)
copied this pattern of sabre. As the pictures below attest, this sword is a
work of art. The high carbon steel slab blade style makes it stronger
for field service, and more durable when defending against a mounted attack.
The original blade has faded evidence of complex acid etching which we have
not reproduced, so our replica is not passed off as an original. The
leather scabbard is based on an 1812 watercoloured print of a 95th officer
showing this configuration: